Stalking

Stalking is a pattern of fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repeated behaviour that causes distress or fear. Stalking can happen with or without a fear of violence. Stalking can be perpetrated by anyone, including intimate partners or ex-intimate partners, someone who wishes to be an intimate partner, family members, acquaintances, work colleagues, classmates and strangers. Stalking is now a crime under the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023.

Examples of stalking behaviour:

• Persistent and repeated following, watching, monitoring, tracking or spying either online or in person.
• Repeated requests for engagement in sexual or intimate behaviour.
• Threats of harm to a person or to self if person doesn’t oblige or engage.
• Threats of harm to or destruction of reputation.
• Impersonating a person online or in person.
• Disclosure of private information to other people without permission.
• Loitering near a person’s home, work and social environments.
• Interference with email, phone communications or online activity.
• Breaching a court order that prohibits communication.

If you think that you are being stalked, please contact our  Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Manager at TU Dublin Catherine Bolger 0873415507 or consent@tudublin.ie and you can also  take our stalking assessment - 'Am I being stalked?' which will provide you with more information. In an emergency please call 999 or 112.